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Population Density Modulates Drug Inhibition and Gives Rise to Potential Bistability of Treatment Outcomes for Bacterial Infections

The inoculum effect (IE) is an increase in the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of an antibiotic as a function of the initial size of a microbial population. The IE has been observed in a wide range of bacteria, implying that antibiotic efficacy may depend on population density. Such density d...

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Autores principales: Karslake, Jason, Maltas, Jeff, Brumm, Peter, Wood, Kevin B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27764095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005098